Don""t say ""he"" or ""she"" like you did last week when you were doing Kitty, right? When you were doing Time Of Your Life.One of the film""s posters, titled "Oh boy! Home and Mildred Pierce," promoted the idea that he film was a good date film for couples following the war""s end: "Warner""sMildred Pierceis the big date of the day.She is rudely startled and hurt when he announces his marriage o his cousin Melanie.But he doesn""t want to hurt her: "Oh my dear, why must you make me say things that will hurt you? How can I make you understand? You""re so young and unthinking.5 million at the box-office with this landmark talkie.It was a huge success, responsible for transforming Warners into Hollywood""s hottest film factory.The commercialization of sound-on-film, and the transformation of the industry from silent films to talkies became a reality with the success of this film.